"Chant of the Weed" è un brano degli anni '30, dedicato alla cannabis. Il contesto è molto diverso dal quello del rock psichedelico degli anni '60, quando molti musicisti cercarono ispirazione nelle sostanze stupefacenti.
Il brano usa dissonanze e sonorità esotiche, sembra quasi che l'orchestra suoni sotto l'effetto dell'erba.
Leggi di più 👉 https://go.leoravera.it/4g3HX6N
#donredman #jazz
https://go.leoravera.it/4g3HX6N
"Chant of the Weed" fu composto da Don Redman nel 1931 ed è una curiosa anticipazione della musica psichedelica degli anni '60. Parlare della cannabis negli anni '30 era quanto meno una stranezza, e anche la musica prova a interpretare questo tema.
Leggi di più 👉 https://go.leoravera.it/4g3HX6N
#donredman #jazz
https://go.leoravera.it/4g3HX6N
Bessie Smith, Any Woman’s Blues, 1970 on Columbia
This is was the second in a series of five 2xLP releases on Columbia in 1970-1972 that covered Smith’s recordings for the label.
These recordings were made between September 1923 and March 1930, all recorded in New York. Piano by Fletcher Henderson, Clarence Williams, Irving Johns, James Price Johnson, and Jimmy Jones. Other musicians include Don Redman (clarinet), Eddie Lang (guitar), Garvin Bushnell (alto sax, clarinet, soprano sax), Ed Allen (cornet), Arville Harris (tenor sax), Cyrus St. Clair (tuba), Charlie Green (trombone), and Louis Bacon (trumpet).
Technical restoration by Larry Hiller and liner notes by Chris Albertson (author of Bessie).
Great set of early Bessie Smith recordings in mono.
My copy, via Academy Records in NYC, is a 1970 pressing
#1920s #1930 #1970 #1970s #AcademyRecords #ArvilleHarris #BessieSmith #CharlieGreen #ClarenceWilliams #Columbia #CyrusStClair #DonRedman #EdAllen #EddieLang #FletcherHenderson #GarvinBushnell #IrvingJohns #JamesPriceJohnson #JimmyJones #LarryHiller #NYC #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds
Just nosying about on the net and came across this Betty Boop animated short film from 1933. The music is by the wonderful Don Redman and his Orchestra.
Don Redman was such a great arranger. With Fletcher Henderson in the 20s, then McKinney's Cotton Pickers, who he left to form his own big band in the 30s. Just great pre-swing stuff and I really like his voice too. He's one of my favourites.
A nice find on a Sunday evening.
#DemandezLeProgramme #jazz :
1941 - Lionel Hampton orchestra & Don Redman orchestra - Michigan State Fairgrounds - Detroit
Don Redman & His Orchestra with Red & Struggie (1934)
https://youtube.com/watch?v=pB3mBV6O9ks&feature=share
>0:00 - "Yeah, Man"Music by J. Russel RobinsonLyrics by Noble Sissle 2:08 - "Ill Wind (You're Blowin' Me No Good)"Music by Harold ArlenLyrics by Ted KoehlerPer...
leoravera
The 🫠 ᴘʀᴇᴛᴛʏ BBC Radio 3 🎶 #NowPlaying Bot
John Eckman
Spaceways
Pascal Savelon 🎷
Avalon Jazz